N.J. woman killed in 4-car crash in upstate N.Y.

Google MapsA crash on Route 17 in Woodbury, about 50 miles north of New York City, killed a 66-year-old New Jersey woman.

WOODBURY, N.Y. — A car crashed into two other vehicles waiting to make a left turn then veered into oncoming traffic and hit a van head-on, killing a 66-year-old New Jersey woman, authorities said.

The crash happened Sunday on Route 17 in Woodbury, about 50 miles north of New York City. A 2000 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Jerome Stewart, 33, of Newark was headed south when it crashed into two cars that were waiting to turn into the Harriman Train Station. The car then careened into the northbound lane and hit a 2000 Chrysler van driven by 74-year-old Paul Force of Woodland Park, authorities said.

Force’s 66-year-old wife Sarah died later at a hospital in Suffern, authorities said.

Stewart and two passengers were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.